English Language teachers training in the use of modern educational technologies

Today the major purpose of the system of professional education in Russia is to train highly qualified professionals, able to work efficiently in their fields up to the latest world standards, capable of permanent professional development, social and professional mobility. That's why training teachers at Re-training and Qualification Improvement Centres is of most importance. Speaking about the latest tendencies in the work of the establishments of Additional Professional Education it should be noted that the training process is characterised by the following qualities: actualization of school practice; realization of reflexive processes; carrying out self-evaluation of the personal achievements and variability of the individualized education programmes. Therefore there is the need for the development of education programs which allow to change and reorganize the curriculum content taking into consideration the background level of teachers, their professional interests and the possibility of quality control. The programme aimed at training English Language teachers to use modern educational technologies was elaborated and implemented in compliance with these requirements. It is orientated at the most perspective tendencies of developing education programmes today (competency-based approach and modular structuring), based on androgogical principles. It includes the purposes, stages and considered as a complex system with its own structure including the target, contents, used technologies, methods for motivation and stimulation, the means of control and regulation, assessment and results units. The programme is of multifunctional character carrying out educational, diagnostic, managerial, motivational, coordinative and corrective functions. Besides, we have defined managerial and pedagogical conditions for raising the level of teachers' proficiency in the use of innovative educational technologies such as integration of theoretical, methodical, special and psycho-pedagogical training, extensive use of reflexive mechanisms and the purposeful use of active methods of education in accordance with the problem solving and active approaches. Our experience in implementation of the developed programme at the Retraining and Qualification Improvement Centres of Altai territory and Republic Altai shows that the effectiveness of training in the use of innovative educational technologies rises when applying the programme which includes the special course on «The improvement of professional competences of English language teachers under new educational experience». The research has also proved that the proposed methods, principles, forms and facilities can be widely used with the purpose of improvement of effectiveness of work at the establishments of Additional Professional Education.

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